I wanted to try something different and this recipe sounded delicious! I was, however, forced to make 2 changes because of not having the right and correct amount of ingredients. My only tweaks were adding 6 honey garlic Italian sausage links (out of casing) to the ground beef and using meat sauce rather than tomato sauce (was out of tomato sauce). Other than that, this dish turned out superb! I served over rice as suggested and my husband just loved it! I'll be making this dish again! Thank you Rebekah!

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I wanted to rate this 3.5 stars b/c they are better than ok. Just too sweet for us, AND I didn't even use all the sugar it said to! I used 1/2c each. Next time I'll use even less. Good spicy twist to it, if you can get the sugar balanced correctly, I think.

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I gave this a 5 star because it is a fabulous BASE recipe that can easily be changed to suit your family's taste buds! All of my family enjoys this, even the toddler who normally won't eat ANYTHING with a sauce on it!! First time, made as written... it was good, but was missing something. Second time, I used my meatball recipe, cut sauce in 1/2 and added 1/2 tsp rice vinegar and 1/2 tsp lemon juice to the sauce... MUCH better and with this I realized it was versatile. Last night, I used the sauce recipe with stir fry veggies/ chicken and served over rice... FABULOUS!! Add soy sauce (to taste) and it makes a very light terriyaki sauce. Thank you SOOOOOOO much!!!

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I've made this MANY times already and we love it - it makes more than enough sauce so you could cut it back a little bit if you wanted to. We love it every time I make it - it's become a "frequent flyer" with my menu planning!

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I did this a little differently, and instead of throwing everything into the oven, I let it simmer on the stove while I prepared and fried the meatballs, and then tossed the meat into the sauce and let it simmer longer until the rice was done. I also used cornstarch to thicken it since I took the stove-top shortcut. I was very skeptical of the sauce, but it turned out fantastic. It was absolutely perfect with the meatballs and served over rice. I've done different recipes before and they were too sweet that even my kids wouldn't eat it. The tomato sauce really mellowed it out.

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Oh Wow!! So tasty!! Pretty easy too, and most are ingredients are pantry items that you have already. I was craving a meatball with a sweet flavor and this did the trick! I just ate the meatballs but my husband (who needs a lot of food) ate it on some white rice which was obviously easy to make....definitely make this again.